Found 3 items, similar to public.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: public
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: public
public
adj 1: not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole;
“the public good”;
“public libraries”;
“public funds”;
“public parks”;
“a public scandal”;
“public gardens”;
“performers and members of royal families are public
figures” [ant:
private]
2: affecting the people or community as a whole;
“community
leaders”;
“community interests”;
“the public welfare”
public
n 1: people in general considered as a whole;
“he is a hero in
the eyes of the public” [syn:
populace,
world]
2: a body of people sharing some common interest;
“the reading
public”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Public
Public
\Pub"lic\, a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people:
cf. F. public. See
People.]
1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people;
relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community;
-- opposed to
private; as, the public treasury.
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To the public good
Private respects must yield. --Milton.
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He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of
the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D.
Webster.
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2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common;
notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
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Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public
example, was minded to put her away privily. --Matt.
i. 19.
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3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public
house.
“The public street.” --Shak.
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public act or
public statute (Law), an act or statute
affecting matters of public concern. Of such statutes the
courts take judicial notice.
Public credit. See under
Credit.
Public funds. See
Fund, 3.
Public house, an inn, or house of entertainment.
Public law.
(a) See
International law, under
International.
(b) A public act or statute.
Public nuisance. (Law) See under
Nuisance.
Public orator. (Eng. Universities) See
Orator, 3.
Public stores, military and naval stores, equipments, etc.
Public works, all fixed works built by civil engineers for
public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but
strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed
at the public cost.
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Public
\Pub"lic\, n.
1. The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or
community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American
public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people;
as, an author's public.
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The public is more disposed to censure than to
praise. --Addison.
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2. A public house; an inn. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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In public, openly; before an audience or the people at
large; not in private or secrecy.
“We are to speak in
public.” --Shak.
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